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Ned Kelly is a Australien film of genre Drama directed by Gregor Jordan released in USA on 22 march 2003 with Heath Ledger
Ned Kelly (2003)
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Add to a movie listNed Kelly is a 2003 Australian historical drama film directed by Gregor Jordan from a screenplay by John Michael McDonagh. The film portrays the life of Ned Kelly—a legendary bushranger in northeast Victoria. Ned Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other men—Steve Hart and Joe Byrne—formed a gang of Irish Australians in response to Irish and English tensions that arose in 19th century Australia. The film is mainly based on Robert Drewe's book Our Sunshine. Heath Ledger plays the title role as Edward "Ned" Kelly.
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The film started out with a young Ned Kelly rescuing a young boy from drowning. It then pans to the Australian bush with Ned talking about his father. He then awakens in the Australian outback and sees a white mare. He rides it into town, only to be arrested and subsequently imprisoned in 1871, for supposedly stealing the horse, even though it had actually been stolen by Wild Wright, Ned's friend.Actors
Heath Ledger
(Ned Kelly)
Orlando Bloom
(Joseph Byrne)
Naomi Watts
(Julia Cook)
Geoffrey Rush
(Superintendent Francis Hare)
Joel Edgerton
(Aaron Sherritt)
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